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Watch the Plastic Free Lewes Pledge film – and make your pledge!
The Plastic Free Lewes Pledge invites anyone in Lewes – individuals, shops, cafes, businesses, schools, churches and other organisations – to pledge to reduce their use of single-use plastic. The world produces about 400 million tonnes of plastic every year of which...
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Parliamentary Lobbying Workshop: What did we learn?
Thank you to everyone who came to our Parliamentary Lobbying Workshop at Depot Cinema, Kitchen & Bar last night - led by the marvellous Kerri Carpenter of the Education and Engagement Team at the Houses of Parliament. It was lively, informative and Kerri was...
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Plastic Rant: Time to wake up and smell the (plastic-free) coffee
Martin Dwyer on Facebook – 20 March 2019 The picture shows four coffee pots, a small selection of the coffee making appliances which we own. These all operate in the same way and are traditional Italian Espresso Coffee makers. The second from the left is the one I use...
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European Parliament agrees ban on throwaway plastic items by 2021
Single-use plastic cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers to be banned by 2021 90% collection target for plastic bottles by 2029 More stringent application of the “polluter pays” principle Surfers Against Sewage describe the commitment as “a massive win in the...
read moreWorth reading: We have to fix fashion
Your H&M addiction is wreaking havoc on the environment. Here’s how to break it.
read moreWorth reading: Plastic – what’s the global solution?
The world agrees there’s a plastic problem – can it agree on a solution?
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Refill Lewes asks “Have you got the bottle?”
Over 30 businesses in Lewes have signed up to the scheme so far, with more joining every day. You can download the Refill app at refill.org.uk
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Plastic Free Lewes – a year in review
Juliet Oxborrow and Sue Fleming, co-ordinators of Plastic Free Lewes, look back at its first year of plastic action and what’s happening in 2019. When we first thought about setting up Plastic Free Lewes last autumn it was partly in response to people increasingly...
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Shoppers urged to unpack the plastic
Following on from the success of Lewes' first Unpack the Plastic event outside Waitrose in May, shoppers in town are being urged to take back their plastic packaging to supermarkets on every first Saturday of the month as part of a national campaign spearheaded by...
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